Surveillance, Capital and Resistance is a major contribution to current debates on the subjective experience of surveillance. Based on a large research project undertaken in a Northern City in the UK and focusing mainly on the use of surveillance in... Zobraziť viac
The biopsychosocial model is an approach to medicine which considers factors outside the biological process of illness when trying to understand health and disease. In this approach, a person's social context and psychological wellbeing are key factors... Zobraziť viac
How does parental divorce affect children? This is the first book to focus exclusively on the relationship between growing up in a divorced family and offspring behavior in romantic relationships. Nicholas Wolfinger examines the effects of parental... Zobraziť viac
Evidence from 24 diverse countries of Asia, Africa and Latin America examined in this volume shows how poor people do not value democracy any less than their richer counterparts. Political attitudes and participation levels are unaffected by relative... Zobraziť viac
Death, as a social ritual, is one of the great turning points in human existence, but prior to this classic work, it had been subjected to little scientific study. American perspectives on death seem strangely paradoxical - the brutal fact of death is... Zobraziť viac
This essential reference book provides a guide to the finer nuances of Chinese synonyms. With non-native speakers of Chinese in mind, the book selects and explains words and phrases in everyday use, allowing students to enhance their knowledge of one... Zobraziť viac
Children's Geographies is an overview of a rapidly expanding area of cutting edge research. Drawing on original research and extensive case studies in Europe, North and South America, Africa and Asia, the book analyses children's experiences of playing... Zobraziť viac
Based on extensive field research over a period of twenty years, this is the first comprehensive study of the Puyuma people of Taiwan. The Puyuma belong to the Austronesian peoples, which today number less than 370,000. In Taiwan, they are the least... Zobraziť viac
Upton Sinclair's dramatic and deeply moving story exposed the brutal conditions in the Chicago stockyards at the turn of the nineteenth century and brought into sharp moral focus the apalling odds against which immigrants and other working people... Zobraziť viac
'Deliberative democracy' dominates democratic theory, but has become too narrowly focused on small-scale consultation exercises. This volume reopens the field, showing how states, and even transnational systems, can be deliberatively democratic. It... Zobraziť viac
"Vermeersch provides his reader with a wealth of analysis based on personal interviews with prominent Romani activists¿The Romani Movement is a text of clear value to students of European politics, specifically those interested in contemporary issues... Zobraziť viac
This book models the emergence of the state, and the forces that shape it. Zobraziť viac
Over the past 15 years, the project of advanced European integration has followed a complex secular and cosmopolitan agenda. As that agenda has evolved, however, so have various hard-line populist movements with goals diametrically opposed to the... Zobraziť viac
The volume shows how economic analysis can explain the causes, conduct, and consequences of conflict. Zobraziť viac
In The Contemplation of the World, eminent French theorist Michel Maffesoli pursues and extends his project of decoding contemporary societies. Here, Maffesoli questions afresh the mundane stuff of contemporary sociality, seeking to discern its primary... Zobraziť viac
This book demonstrates that common assumptions about marriage and divorce in the civil state are descriptively incorrect, and examines whether more pluralism in family law is normatively desirable and should be affirmatively fostered. Zobraziť viac
As a consequence of disruption and disaster, cooperation among members of a collective is refocused on matters such as status, membership and the formation of coalitions. Hendrik Vollmer investigates the ways in which disruption transforms social order... Zobraziť viac
In 2002 it was estimated that one in eight Americans will live in gated communities. What has sparked this alarming trend?Behind the Gates is Setha Low's revealing account of what life is like inside these suburban fortresses. After years researching... Zobraziť viac
Shaping the Normative Landscape is an investigation of the value of obligations and of rights, of forgiveness, of consent and refusal, of promise and request. David Owens shows that these are all instruments by which we exercise control over our... Zobraziť viac
Robert Axelrod is widely known for his groundbreaking work in game theory and complexity theory. He is a leader in applying computer modeling to social science problems. His book The Evolution of Cooperation has been hailed as a seminal contribution... Zobraziť viac
